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The Boston Mineral Club (BMC) was founded in 1936 to "promote the study and collecting of rocks and minerals, to encourage friendly cooperation among mineralogists and collectors, [and] to promote the study of mineralogy and related arts and sciences coming within the purview of earth sciences..." In the pursuit of these goals, the BMC offers educational programs at club meetings, mineral collecting field trips, a newsletter, and access to our mineralogical reference library.

The Boston Mineral Club is a member of the American Federation of Mineral Societies and the Eastern Federation of Mineral and Lapidary Societies.

You do not need a college degree in earth sciences to join the club! We are open to all. We welcome and encourage new members to join the club. BMC Application

The September newsletter is available in the member's area

Next Boston Mineral Club Meeting: Tuesday,September 14, 2010

Doors Open: 7:00 PM Meeting: 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM

BMC Show-and-Tell Night

     Our September meeting is our club’s traditional Show-and-Tell Night. Members are invited to bring in specimens, photos, etc. from their collecting activities during the summer. Show us what you’ve found – whether collected in the field or discovered at a mineral show. Specimens will be displayed on tables for all to see, and if you’d like to speak to the club about your adventures – this is your chance. Field trip leaders will also report on summer trips and talk about the upcoming fall schedule. The Show-and-Tell meeting is always a fun one, and is a great time to catch up with old friends (and make new ones).

Specimen trading is especially encouraged at this meeting. Come to the meeting with something to show, discuss or trade! Please plan to come a little early to socialize and see the specimens.

Here are some of the summer field trips and events that we look forward to hearing about:

June 6. Green’s Farm Garnet Locality field trip, Roxbury, Connecticut
June 12. Connecticut Museum of Mining and Mineral Science swap/sale, Kent, CT
June 26-27. Gilsum Rock Swap, Gilsum, New Hampshire
June 26. Beryl Hill field trip, Royalston, Massachusetts
July 17-18. Poland Mining Camps field trip to Mt. Mica and Mt. Apatite, Maine 
July 24-25. Moat Mountain and Ossipee area field trip, New Hampshire
July 31. National Park Service “Geology Rocks” event on Spectacle Island, MA
August 7. Manhan Mine field trip, Easthampton, Massachusetts
August 13-15. East Coast Gem & Mineral Show, Springfield, Massachusetts 
August 29. Connecticut pegmatite field trip

We would also like to hear about your non-club collecting trips and summer vacations. All club members are encouraged to participate!
                                            
WELCOME ALL NEW MEMBERS!

Article Index of Newsletters (Members only)

Picture tour of the 2009 BMC Bay of Fundy trip

Members should login to the member's area to view upcoming field trips and all newsletters.

 


September at the
Palermo #1 Mine

 


November trip to Aggregate
Ind. Quarry in Wrentham, MA


Penfield Quarry Fluorite

PLEASE NOTE: Please park in the underground parking garage at 52 Oxford Street. The entrance to this lot is just opposite Everett Street and is the same entrance that we formerly used to park in the old surface lot beside the museum. Please see the map at the bottom of the meetings page.
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